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The night Tunisia changed
Tunisia's democratic experiment faced a dramatic reversal on 25 July 2021, as President Kais Saied moved toward one-man rule. Protests erupted nationwide over political stagnation, economic struggles, and pandemic-related crises, with tensions directed at Ennahda, the largest parliamentary party.
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